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Spokane Public Schools seventh- and eighth-graders living in low-income families may be eligible for a College Bound Scholarship, on the condition that the students sign a pledge to graduate from high school. The pledge must signed by next Thursday. According to a district press release, students must make good on their promise, demonstrate good citizenship and seek admission to a college or university. Their family income will be rechecked and college admission will be confirmed after the student graduates from high school.

Garfield Elementary School, Spokane Public Schools’ APPLE program and the city of Spokane’s Water Stewardship program are helping the city save water. On Tuesday, Mayor Mary Verner recognized the students for their water conservation efforts, after the kids and staff upgraded the faucets at the school with automatic faucets that turn off when not in use.

Shanice Applewhaite, a junior at North Central High School, and Rogers junior Karl Fencl will join the Spokane Public Schools Board as student advisers for the 2011-’12 school year. They will contribute a student perspective to board discussions. Applewhaite is a member of the National Honor Society, Young Life and Place of Most Potential, an interactive club at Washington State University that helps prepare young students for college. She also plays varsity softball and works as a grocery store courtesy clerk.

Air National Guard Airman Marc Whipple recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is a 2005 graduate of Gonzaga Prep and is the son of Pete and Michael Whipple, of Spokane. • Cameron Kiesz , a member of Boy Scout Troop 888, was recently awarded the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank given in the Boy Scouts. Kiesz joins his three brothers and dad, who also achieved the rank Eagle Scout.

Brice Cook, a student at Rogers High School, can read in style – and color – on his new Nook Color after he was awarded the top prize in Rogers Reading Incentive Program. The program was launched at the beginning of the school year to motivate and increase the number of students reading and to curb student dropout rates. Celebrations each quarter honor students who have met their individual reading goals, and top readers receive prizes.

The University of Washington recently named local residents named to the winter quarter Dean’s Honor Roll for the 2010-11 academic year. Students are listed by their hometowns. Chattaroy: Amanda Suhr.

St. George’s School students will continue their production of the classic musical, “Fiddler on the Roof” on Friday at 7 p.m. in Saint George’s Founders Theater. The performance is the tale of Tevye, a Jewish peasant and milkman, played by Jacob Kwasman, and the love he has for his wife Golde, played by Megan Hatheway, and his daughters, and day-to-day life in their Russian Jewish village.

The following concludes the Eastern Washington University winter quarter dean’s honor roll for the 2010-’11 academic year.

The following is a continuation of the Eastern Washington University winter quarter Dean’s Honor Roll for the 2010-2011 academic year. Students are listed by their hometowns. Spokane Valley: Brandon Adkins, Paula Albretsen, Sarah Alderete, Christina Andreacchio, Timothy Armstrong, Cynthia Backus, Gordon Banks, Amanda Barnes, Jennifer Barnes, Sondra Belfry, Daniel Bennett, Alicia Bird, Bradley Bishop, Katherine Blanchette, Adrian Bojorquez, Brendan Booth, Therese Boshear, Hannah Bouscher-Gage, Jaclyn Bowdish, Tristan Brown, Alison Bucher, Justin Burgerson, Nikita Burlakov, Ryan Bushman, Brandon Byers, Sarah Cameron, Will Chervenak, Sabrita Cohen, Jennifer Cook, Nicolas Cress, Matthew Croskrey, Bonnie Davis, Stephanie Davis, David Decker, Megan Dempsey, Alexandra DeVries, Tyler Dines, Simon Doi, Julia Drewes, Amanda Duclos, Alexandrea Durand, Trevor Duston, Wesley Eagleburger, James Eik, Kari Elgee, Jon Faulks, Kelly Fay, Margaret Fleetwood, Margarita Fomichev, James Ganas, Ashton Garcia, Cailynn Garcia, Zachary Garner, Jeremy Gay, Brittney Gerard, Jayme Gibson, Lindsey Gigler, Kealan Gilmartin, Kevin Gilmartin, Brolin Graham, Shere Graham, Julie Gray, Melissa Gren, David Grimes, Megan Gross, Stacia Gross, Ivan Gwynn, JD Hall, Natasha Hall, Courtney Hammond, Mariah Hanley, Sara Hartman, Ryan Henderson, Brendan Hennes, Joel Hetrick, Jonathon Hicks, Madison Hilpert, Keith Hooper, Joshua Hopkins, Candace Hughes, Justin Hughes, Ty Hume, Brandon Humphreys, Joshua Hundeby, Eryn Hyde, Nykala Isbey, Nicole Jacobson, Jaime Jahns, Jessi Jaynes, Mellisa Johnson, Justine Johnson, Alicia Johnston, Stephanie Juhnke, John Keeling, Linda Khoury, Amanda Kieffer, Rachael Killingsworth, Joel Knigge, Mica Kondryszyn, Paul Lakin, Hans Larson, Ian Leavy, Troy LeBaron, Luana Litoshyk, Michael Long, Nikina Lowry-Schiller, Janette Marks, Adam Martinek, Christina Masterson, Jacob Masterson, Blayre Maynes, Caleb Mazzola, Matthew McCauley, Daniel McDermott, Melissa Mcgourin, Sean McGuffin, Timothy Miller, Kelsey Mitchell, Jacqueline Morden, Birch Moriarty, Kelsey Morrison, Jared Nelson, Ramsey Nersinger, Holden Newberg, Matthew Newkirk, Tin Ngo, Duc Nguyen, Kyle Nichols, Robert Oeflein, Cassandra Oglesbee, Jenelle Olson, Daniel Olson, Brittany Olson, Ashley Olson, Amber Owens, Bronson Owens, Allison Paparella, Jacob Parsloe, Seth Parsloe, Valerie Payne, Brooke Petersen, Chelsey Petersen, Andrew Peterson, Kara Pfeifer, Michael Pflieger, Brittany Porter, Jenna Powrie, Wyatt Price, Alicia Ramsey, Lindsey Rantzow, Joseph Reese, Tyrus Rickard, Allie Riggin, Jacob Robb, Brooke Roberts, Brittany Rogers, Randall Rosier, Kara Sale, Robert Sanford, Noelan Schafer, Erika Schiermeister, Dakota Schiermeister, Alicia Schimanski, Michael Schrandt, Ginny Schulken, Jacob Schwartz, Joshua Seagrave, Hannah Seagrave, Steven Seim, Ryan Sharp, Jessica Sharpe, Ian Shatto, Hannah Shawen, Irina Shirobokov, Amber Siegel, Lex Silvrants, Emily Simmons, Hannah Simmons, Austin Simpson, Caleb Sjothun, Katy Sloyer, Daryl Smith, Tyann Smith, Aaron Snider, Megan Solberg, Jaime Sparr, Miranda Spencer, Brittany Spurbeck, Neil Stapish, Tara Stauffer, Jessica Steele, Laci Sweetland, Scott Tarbutton, Joshua Taylor, Bradley Thew, Hope Tran, Addison Tucker, Kenneth Tucker, Tatyana Tupikova, Corey Turner, Samuel Turner, Andrew Url, Matthew Utesch, Nicole Van Norman, Kimberly Vinson, Kevin Volland, Cortland Walker, Breanna Ward, Colleen Wells, Michelle Whitlow, James Wiecks, Andrea Williams, Elaine Williams, Krystal Winterton, Natasha Wise, Samuel Wolkenhauer, Janice Wright, Sydney Yeager, Dmitry Yunikov, Kristen Zangar, Alexis Zurfluh.

The following is a continuation of the Eastern Washington University winter quarter Dean’s Honor Roll for the 2010-2011 academic year. Othello: Kelcy Acosta, Maria Alvizar, Alicia De La Fuente, Petra Delgado, Kayla Dickson, Ricardo Garza, Elsie Garza, David Garza, Clarissa Garza, Jackielyn Gomez-Gomez, Kate Harris, Jesenia Murillo, John Pierre, Carlos Valdez, Lusila Valdez. Palouse: Elisha Lopez, Vanessa Lopez, Garrett Parrish, Danielle Perry, Todd Pinter.

Eastern Washington University recently named local residents to the winter quarter dean’s honor roll for the 2010-’11 academic year. Students are listed by their hometowns. Chattaroy: Amber Baker, Travis Booher, Stephanie Dye, Elizabeth Ferry, Jessica Ferry, Jeremy Flanagan, Jennifer Heinecke, Shane Lipstein, Eldon Morrill, Jane Nelson, Nikkita Otradovec, Ashley Peterson-Donohoe, Austin Rheingans, Mecca Rheingans, Kenneth Sager, Jennifer Trent, Tyler Trudeau, David Watts, Adrianne Wilson, Katherine Wurtz.

Five local elementary schools are among 10 Washington schools who received greenhouses and grants from the Washington State Potato Commission and other partners as part of the “Kids Are Growing” competition. Winning Spokane and Spokane Valley schools are All Saints, Discovery, Grant, Deer Park, and University. Schools received a free greenhouse, $1,000 and “the opportunity to experience, first-hand, the miracle of growing,” said David George of the commission.

Dads and their sons will share their artistic talent in a “Father and Son Art Exhibit” hosted by Discovery School, 323 S. Grant St. in downtown Spokane. The event will start with a reception on Sunday at Discovery’s Bob Evans Art Center, 5:30 to 7 p.m. The exhibit is coordinated by Discovery School’s artist-in-residence Priscilla Barnett and will run through May 5.